Hamilton and Denise Brewart International Conference on Nonviolence
Rediscovering Gandhian Wisdom: Building a Peaceful Future
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA 91768 October 17—19 (Friday-Sunday), 2008 www.csupomona.edu/ahimsacenter
Invitation to Elementary, Middle and High-School Educators The Ahimsa Center at Cal Poly Pomona is offering K-12 teachers a rare opportunity for professional development and educational advancement through participation in a conference on Gandhi, nonviolence and peace, featuring internationally acclaimed experts and panels of engaged educators. The participating teachers will learn about: Gandhi’s life, thought and actions ● Gandhi and the wisdom of learning and leading ● Gandhi and the wisdom of Ahimsa (nonviolence), peace and sustainability ● Integrating Gandhi and King in K-12 curricula ● Ahimsa as a guiding principle for schools ● Ways to integrate conference experiences in classroom teaching. The Center is also providing K-12 teachers at a significantly subsidized cost two units of course credit—upper division course, HST 499 (with letter grade). Requires participation in full conference and submitting a written report. For more information about course credit, please visit: http://www.csupomona.edu/~ahimsacenter/conference/credit.shtml Contacts: Dr. Tara Sethia
Conference Overview
Ahimsa Center at California State Polytechnic University, economics, ethics, leadership, ecology, law and justice, Pomona is hosting a major international conference, politics and political action, conflict resolution and peace- “Rediscovering Gandhian Wisdom: Building a Peaceful building, poverty and development, religion and spirituality. Future.” At the practical level we will examine how Gandhian The timing of the conference commemorates two wisdom can guide us in our quest for more effective important centennials associated with Gandhi’s life ways of addressing the social, political, economic, and work. In 1907 he launched the revolutionary educational and environmental challenges of our satyagraha campaign in South Africa, and in 1909 times. We will also see how Gandhian wisdom he wrote the seminal Hind Swaraj, in which he can help us better cope with the personal, articulated his vision of a civilization grounded in interpersonal and spiritual predicaments in our nonviolence and truth as core values. lives. The conference will be a forum to explore the enduring The lessons derived at the conference will be vital for significance of Gandhi’s thought and methods. At the fostering a culture of nonviolence and promoting social and intellectual level, we will examine the implications of political change through nonviolence. Gandhi’s ideas and his satyagraha-based strategies in The conference will also provide a major impetus for domains such as education and learning, business and education about nonviolence in schools and colleges.
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Options for Continuing Education Credit and Conference Registration for Educators
Subsidized Fee for 2 Units of Continuing Education Credit and Full Conference Registration (with meals) $250 Available only with pre-registration. Registration must be received by October 10, 2008.
Received Received On-site Write the Other Options for Educators (Without Course Credits) by by If space applicable Sept. 15 Oct. 10 available amount Full Conference. Three lunches, two dinners and six refreshment breaks $125 $150 $175 Sat-Sun: 10/18 -19: Two lunches, one dinner, four refreshment breaks $100 $115 $130 Please also complete the registration information on Page 2. Total Amount $ ______
Speakers
Rajni Bakshi. Independent scholar and journalist. (India) James O’Toole. The Daniels Distinguished Professor of Amit Basole. Department of Economics, University of Business Ethics, Denver University. Massachusetts, Amherst. Anthony Parel. Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Akeel Bilgrami. Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy and University of Calgary. Director of Heyman Center for the Humanities, Columbia Joseph Prabhu. Professor of Philosophy and Religion, University. California State University, Los Angeles. Charles R. DiSalvo. W. A. Potesta Professor of Law, Samdhong Rinpoche. Prime Minister of the Tibetan West Virginia University. Cabinet-in-Exile and Gandhian Scholar, Dharamsala. Rajmohan Gandhi. Biographer and grandson of the Lloyd Rudolph. Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Mahatma, Professor at the University of Illinois. University of Chicago. Vibha Gupta. Director, Rural Women Technology Center, Susanne Rudolph. William Benton Distinguished Service and Magan Sanghralaya Samiti, Wardha. (India) Professor Emerita of Political Science, University of Prasad Kaipa. Executive Director, Center for Leadership, Chicago. Innovation and Change, Indian School of Business. Anil Sadgopal. Former Dean, School of Education, Delhi Bernard LaFayette Jr. Director, Center for Nonviolence University, and consultant on educational reforms. (India) and Peace Studies, University of Rhode Island. Nirmal Sethia. Professor of Management, California Nipun Mehta. Founder, CharityFocus. State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Michael Nagler. Professor Emeritus of Classics, founder Tara Sethia. Professor of History and Director of Ahimsa of Peace and Conflict Studies program, UC Berkeley. Center, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Panelists Recognizing that K-12 educators have a unique and crucial role in building a peaceful and harmonious future, the Center has trained over the last four years more than 75 teachers from all over the country to develop curriculum on ahimsa (nonviolence), social change, and Gandhian wisdom. Several of these teachers will serve on panels at the conference, offering concrete examples of their experiences in bringing ahimsa back to their classrooms and schools. The panelists will include:
Susanna Barkataki. Learning Works! Charter School, Pasadena CA. Christian Bracho. Ph. D. Program in International Education, New York University. Margaret Hesselgrave. Los Altos Elementary, Hacienda Heights, CA. Leila Joseffer. Winn Brook Elementary, Belmont, MA. Michele Milner. Sequoyah School, Pasadena, CA. Vikas Srivastava. Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, CA. Richard Updegrove. Community of Peace Academy, St. Paul, MN.
Other Highlights Workshop on Nonviolence ● Concert of devotional songs from Gandhi’s prayer gatherings ● Book Exhibition
For conference updates, visit http://www.csupomona.edu/~ahimsacenter/conference/conference_08.shtml
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Make check payable to: “Cal Poly Pomona Foundation—Ahimsa Center” and mail it with the completed fee form (on Page 1) to: Prof. Tara Sethia, History Department, Cal Poly Pomona, 3801 West Temple Avenue, Pomona, CA 91768